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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 26682687, member: 10461&quot;]Interesting thread resurrection.</p><p><br /></p><p>Note to self, for later: get ‘em a photo of the first large cent I ever dug while out detecting.</p><p><br /></p><p>You could just barely tell it was a 1796-1807 Draped Bust cent when I dug it.&nbsp; <i>Barely</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Stupidly, I tried cleaning it with electrolysis in an attempt to coax out the date on it, and I “burnt it up” in the process.&nbsp; (Do NOT use electrolysis or ultrasound cleaning on unstable corroded coins, folks!&nbsp; Lesson learned.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Long story short, it’s a pitted, featureless copper slug now. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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